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Speaker 1: The government earlier this week announced that they'd be increasing

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Speaker 1: the Home and Business Battery Scheme bonus from five thousand

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Speaker 1: dollars to twelve thousand dollars from December one. The boost

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Speaker 1: of the scheme is going to provide Territorians with greater

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Speaker 1: access to renewable energy solutions, lowering energy bills and supporting

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Speaker 1: local businesses involved in the supply and installation of solar

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Speaker 1: PV systems and batteries. The Deputy Chief Minister and also

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Speaker 1: Minister for Renewables, Jared Maylee, joins me on the show.

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Speaker 1: Goodbarding to your minister.

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Speaker 2: Good morning Katie, and good morning listeners.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for your time this morning. Now, Minister,

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Speaker 1: the scheme kicks in on December one. Has there been

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Speaker 1: a lot of interest so far.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Katy, there's been a lot of interest. So what

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Speaker 2: our scheme does is essentially double the battery bonus for

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Speaker 2: home and businesses. We know that the Labor government had

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Speaker 2: set it at six and then they actually put it

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Speaker 2: back to five in the previous term. For what we

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Speaker 2: want to do is we're going to bring it out

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Speaker 2: to twelve thousand dollars to just allow that cost of

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Speaker 2: living pressures so the plan is that people will be

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Speaker 2: able to have this battery system at home. I better

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Speaker 2: use their solar panels during the day to charge up

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Speaker 2: the night. And what we're trying to achieve here is

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Speaker 1: So how much is it all going to cost?

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Speaker 2: Well, look, ultimately, the second part of this scheme, Katie,

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Speaker 2: is we're actually doubling it the pool of money or

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Speaker 2: the pot of money from three million dollars up to

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Speaker 2: six million dollars. So it's going to cost six million dollars.

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Speaker 2: This is not just a scheme where you just get

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Speaker 2: twelve thousand dollars. You have to put some money, your

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Speaker 2: to buying the battery. So it's really a partnership between

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Speaker 2: going to promote it because it's about renewal energy, it's

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Speaker 2: about lowering the cost of living, and we're going to

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Speaker 2: work with own owners and also business owners to allow

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Speaker 2: and basically had their own little virtual poal plan at

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Speaker 1: Deputy Chief Minister. When the former government changed the fall

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Speaker 1: of the solar feed in tariff for households, people were furious.

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Speaker 1: Territorians were absolutely furious about that change. As I understand it,

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Speaker 1: you have confirmed that the peak feed in tariff for

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Speaker 1: households is going to increase. What are Territorians going to

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Speaker 2: Look, I understand why territories are furists because the Labor

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Speaker 2: government promised not to change those feed in tariffs for

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Speaker 1: Is it going to cause stress though for the whole system?

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Speaker 1: I mean, is this something that is going to put

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Speaker 2: Ultimately, the plan is to be able to these people

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Speaker 2: we know that in territory we have lots of sun

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Speaker 1: So Minister, as I touched on, we know the former

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Speaker 1: Does that actually take people back to the promise that

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think it's as good. We've double the

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Speaker 2: do is just give a bonus. If you are going

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Speaker 2: you can do that. And it's at eighteen just over eighteen.

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Speaker 2: Then's perticular? What hour? All right?

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Speaker 1: And when is that going to come in to effect

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Speaker 1: the battery scheme as I understand it. But when is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's correct. So the battery start December one, which

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty five, So next financial year next year?

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Speaker 1: How come not until next year for that one.

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Speaker 2: We're just waiting the Power and Water tell us that

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Speaker 1: All right now, Minister, I do just want to move

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Speaker 1: along because we know that we've spoken quite a bit

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Speaker 1: Bill Yan has now confirmed that the government's suing our

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Speaker 2: At look, Ultimately there are proceedings on foot in ration

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Speaker 2: there's no problems the lights they are going to be on.

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Speaker 2: We're going to be generating power. But it just really

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Speaker 2: So what we're doing is we're promoting Bede Loo and

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Speaker 2: So we're trying our best and we're just doing all

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Speaker 1: It seems like it seems crazy that we are in

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Speaker 1: Northern Territory. But the potential here is from what the

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Speaker 2: It's just absolutely crazy. You know, ultimately, we know the

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Speaker 2: They failed and that you know, ultimately some of the

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Speaker 2: previous government couldn't even say the word gas, Katie.

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Speaker 1: It's true. I know it was during the week that was.

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Speaker 1: I usually wouldn't agree with everything a ministersease, but it

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Speaker 2: Jared, Well, unlike myself, look and our government, we support

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Speaker 2: that's why the Charity Coordinator has been introduced to be

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Speaker 1: You mentioned that that territory coordinator role, and I know

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Speaker 2: But what I do say to those people out there

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Speaker 2: actually refer to the Scrutiny Committee as well. So I

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Speaker 2: really can't think of too much more legislation that hasn't

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Speaker 2: of course makes it easy to do business in the

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Speaker 2: Northern Territory Jared.

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Speaker 1: Mainly before I let you go. The Northern Territory government

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Speaker 1: has indeed written to the dah and port operator land

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Speaker 1: Bridge seeking information after learning that it is facing fresh

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Speaker 1: financial woes. What could this all mean? Could it mean

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Speaker 1: that this lease with land Bridge comes to an end?

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Speaker 2: Well, look, old mkay, I think it's too early to tell.

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Speaker 2: speak to people about it. We need to speak to

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Speaker 2: that organization and we need to make sure we know

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Speaker 2: exactly what the situation is and it needs to be

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Speaker 2: resolved as quick as possible.

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Speaker 1: All right, Well, Deputy Chief Minister and also Minister for Renewables,

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Speaker 1: Jared Mayley, really appreciate your time this morning. I know

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Speaker 1: it's a busy day with Parliament sitting. We'll catch up

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Speaker 1: with you again very soon.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Katie, Thank you,